Linked by Mayuresh Walke on Thu 21st Apr 2005 08:01 UTC
What's the best way to: a. Improve usability in software applications? b. Review usability of existing software? c. Generate, encourage and review new ideas on software UI design? d. Make all this research work freely available to everyone (open source, proprietary, etc.)? e. Connect with all developer groups and individuals out there to share this work with them? Read more to find out.
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bb_matt, I agree UI is evolutionary. But your argument somehow seems to strengthen the point I'm making as well: we need a different way to guide the evolution of UI than what currently exists.
I'm not proposing radical solutions and ground breaking changes. All I'm suggesting is lets give regular users, designers, etc. who are not employees of MS, Apple, or involved with Genome, KDE a chance to contribute because there are a lot of clever people out there with some very good ideas.
As for the point you make about standards, what standards? The article makes no effort to say that we need standards or god forbid, new standards in place.
As for you point about widgets, I'm afraid to you that you're completely missing the point here.
As for every project taking and creating their own path, they do that right now and they will continue doing that int their own ways. All I'm saying is, lets give others a chance to provide suggestions that might lead them on a better path.
Mayuresh